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Garett Jones
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Professor of Economics, George Mason University. Chief Economist, @bluechip_org. Wrote the Singapore Trilogy, @stanfordpress. Went to the Louvre on a Tuesday.
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    This, why new AI billionaires should subsidize immigration from China to Madagascar, and my dog Irving reacting to the window cleaners rappelling down my apartment building. Singapore Trilogy meets AI, 100 minutes, on the @secondorders podcast:
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    Garett Jones
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    Jun 6, 2025
    Update: He came back.
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    The White House
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    Apr 18, 2025
    Fixed it for you, @nytimes. Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen — he’s NOT coming back.
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    He came back. Source: cnn.com/2025/06/06/pol…
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    Garett Jones
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    Feb 18, 2025
    The paper does not show foreigners commit crimes at the same rate as Germans Instead, it claims to explain why foreigners commit crimes at higher rates than Germans. So the title is the opposite of the truth. Academics, please point out this error candidly, openly.
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    Garett Jones
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    Jun 7, 2025
    Replying to @AlphaMageSos
    Jury trial is a form of due process, which Trumpers are now required to despise
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    Garett Jones
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    Jan 24, 2024
    Name other scholars beside Oppenheimer who spent their later years running away from their early work
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    Garett Jones
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    Jun 7, 2025
    Replying to @MattOnCdnPoli
    Cry more about how much you loathe constitutional rights
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    Garett Jones
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    Apr 20, 2025
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    Rep. Mike Collins
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    Apr 19, 2025
    Replying to @nypost
    Let them enforce it.
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    Garett Jones
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    Mar 14, 2025
    "Migrants from parts of the world with lower human capital are more likely to be a fiscal drag." @TheEconomist, this week:
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    Garett Jones
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    Jun 17, 2024
    "At their peak, the Marshall Plan [was] 2.5% of the GDP of countries like France and Germany. "By 1996, excluding South Africa and Nigeria, the average African country received the equivalent of 12.3% of its GDP in official development aid."
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    Mar 13, 2025
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    Garett Jones
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    Sep 8, 2025
    Absolute Matt Darling @besttrousers statistical dominance, median checking account balance and net worth edition:
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    Garett Jones
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    May 4, 2025
    The planet is losing manufacturing jobs
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    Martin S Eichenbaum
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    May 4, 2025
    Putting the manufacturing debate in perspective
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    Garett Jones
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    Apr 20, 2025
    Replying to @RepMikeCollins and @nypost
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